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What will the star bellied sneetches do when everyone has one?
When Apple first released the Air, Dell and others came out with me too products. Apple set the tone, the others followed.
Apple’s genius in this iteration of the Air was freeing the SSD from the 1.8” HD form factor. I believe other laptop manufacturers will follow, but it will take them a little time. in any event, they already missed Christmas.
Anyone comparing the Air to a $400-$600 laptop is missing the point. The $400-$600 laptops are a great deal and have a large audience. The Macbook Air is a great deal and also has a not as large audience, but that audience largely belongs to Apple, and not shared as Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer and Asus have to.
A few years ago, when we were building our present home, we needed an appraisal for the financing. The appraisal came in way too low. Why? Because the idiot appraiser compared our home to be built on four acres with homes in nearby subdivisions on a 1/4 acre. They are different animals, and an accurate appraisal required going farther to find similar homes. Saying that the sub-division home is “just like” the small acreage home ... except you have to tie in to village services, except you have to abide by village restrictions (3 inch thick book), except you have to submit to the HOA Nazi, except you have 1/16 of the land and one 1/4 of the privacy, except, except, except. And its is no longer a valid comparison. The second appraiser got it right.
On the Monopoly board, Oriental Avenue is a good deal for $100. New York Avenue is a great deal for $200.
I bought an ipod last week - had a few problems - and talked to the Apple support people. Oh My God, they were wonderful. Everything’s fixed ... before it was over I was ready to invite them over for Thanksgiving and Christmas - they were even kind about my Vista system that was causing the problems... I’m reluctantly becoming a fan...